NOOK GlowLight is designed especially for people who love escaping into a great book – anytime, anywhere. Tremendously light, with a fresh, contemporary design and soft-touch back that fits beautifully in the hand, NOOK GlowLight features perfectly lit pages, sharper text and advanced display technology for an optimized long-form reading experience that’s more natural and immersive than ever. Building on its bookselling heritage and deep customer insights, Barnes & Noble has put everything readers love into one device, enhanced the way they can discover and enjoy content old and new, and put it all in a comfortable to hold, re-designed, lightest NOOK ever.

Ultra Lightweight for the Most Effortless Reading Experience, Ever

At just 6.2 ounces, NOOK GlowLight is the lightest NOOK ever and is 15 percent lighter than the Kindle Paperwhite. Purposefully crafted for long-form reading, it features a fresh, contemporary industrial design that is astonishingly lightweight and effortless to hold for long stretches. Its ergonomic, contoured shape fits naturally in one hand and has a soft-touch finish chosen to provide maximum comfort for marathon reading sessions. In a sea of black and grey devices, the warm-white color was handpicked to accentuate the display’s ultra-sharp, crisp text and closer replicate print reading – making customers’ favorite books, magazines and newspapers the true focus. NOOK GlowLight is also built to last with a silky silicon trim for extra protection against falls and a re-engineered display area for extra durability so it’s easier than ever to take anywhere and everywhere.

Brilliantly Lit with New GlowLight

NOOK’s redesigned GlowLight features next-generation lighting technology that is completely uniform across the display for perfectly lit pages in any environment. The light is evenly distributed, turns on instantly and adjusts with just a touch for customers to easily control the glow intensity. Its built-in antiglare screen on the re-engineered display offers paper-like readability, even in bright sunlight.

Now Sharper with No Full Page Flashing

Packed with 62 percent more pixels, NOOK GlowLight features NOOK’s highest resolution E Ink display, pushing its award-winning digital reading experience even closer to the printed page. Text appears incredibly sharp and crisp and fonts have been especially optimized for clarity on its display. No detail too small, the NOOK GlowLight also includes a selection of handcrafted and fine-tuned fonts that maximize long-form readability for ultimate eye comfort. Customers can choose from six different styles to personalize the reading experience, and adjust text size, spacing and more to their preference with just a touch.Offering customers a more natural experience, Barnes & Noble has also eliminated full page flashing so page turns while reading on the NOOK GlowLight are smoother, without the distracting black page refresh.

Power and Battery: Read up to 8 weeks on a single charge (based on a half hour of reading per day and 1 page refresh per minute with GlowLight on at default brightness or off and wireless off)
- Installed rechargeable battery
- Charges via power adapter or USB to computer